Release Date: September 21, 2010 This content is archived. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- After the failure of the Deepwater Horizon oil well last spring, nearly 2 million gallons of dispersant were released into ...

The dispersant used to remediate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is more toxic to cold-water corals at lower concentrations than the spilled oil, according to a new study ...

The BP oil spill was a tragedy. Eleven people died and untold damage was done to the environment. But investing is a cold-hearted endeavor, and as the response to the spill evolved, investors tried to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

An oil spill's effect on deep-sea corals is bad enough. But the chemicals used to clean spills are worse. A spate of research is finding that the dispersants used to break up the 2010 BP oil spill, ...

A new study finds that oysters likely suffered toxic effects from the oil dispersant Corexit® 9500 when it was used to clean up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Researchers determined this by ...

In the wake of the BP oil spill, gaping questions remain about a key tool used during cleanup: the nearly 2 million gallons of chemical dispersants sprayed over the water or onto the gushing wellhead ...

(WVUE) - Seven years after the BP Oil Spill poured more than 4.9 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, researchers are finding out the impact that the more than a million gallons of ...

Reporting from Atlanta — The Environmental Protection Agency issued a study Wednesday that found that the dispersant being used by BP in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as seven alternative mass-produced ...

The Environmental Protection Agency ordered British Petroleum to change the type of dispersant the company is using to keep oil from reaching American shores. The EPA gave the company 72 hours to ...

For microscopic animals living in the Gulf of Mexico, even worse than the toxic oil released during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster may be the very oil dispersants used to clean it up, a new study ...

As oil continues to churn from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, many questions remain about where the oil will go and how it will affect marine life. Making those questions even tougher to answer are ...